Can I upgrade a ps3 slim hard drive

samsung_laptop

A few months ago I thought I bought a 160gb ps3 slim but someone has put in a 60gb hard drive :mad: so I would like to replace the hard drive to the original 160gb but could I upgrade to 500gb.

AndyBSG

Yes, you can and it's pretty simple to do.

You need to make sure you get a HDD that will physically fit and i'm pretty sure you're limited to 1TB because of software/firmware limits.

It needs to be a 2.5 inch SATA drive with a minimum 5400RPM(7200RPM is supported though and will see load times reduced but they're meant to be prone to causing problems)

This is a decent enough one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Barracuda-Spinpoint-500GB-Internal/dp/B007R00RYU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1441114287&sr=1-1&keywords=hdd

samsung_laptop

It has a Seagate momentus 5400.2. I read that if you use 7200 it causes the ps3 to overheat.